CLEANING MY PRIMO WATER DISPENSER: My Water Source In My Tiny Has Mold
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ย. 2021
- CLEANING MY PRIMO WATER DISPENSER: My Water Source In My Tiny Has Mold. I discovered more moldy algae stuff...this time in my primo water dispenser. My only source of reliable water. Time to clean it to see if we can salvage it but I did purchase a Big Berkey in case this doesnt work.
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It should have been cleaned, per enclosed instructions, every three months. If the water bottles are cleaned between every fill and the unit cleaned every three months there should not be a problem with mold. The instructions say to use 2 cups of vinegar or 2 Tbs of bleach in the water while cleaning. With a mold issue I would do at least 2 cleanings with bleach then flush thoroughly.
"I purchased a Primo dispenser from Costco. Every two months, mold grows from the cold water spout. I believe the best way to clean it is with warm water and Clorox, as Clorox is the only thing that can kill bacteria and mold. I tried using vinegar, but it doesn't work as well as a Clorox and water mix. I recently replaced the dispenser and noticed a strong chemical smell. They changed the hot water side and the new dispenser doesn't stop the hot water spout when I try to flush out the hot water. I also noticed that water leaks from the cold side in the hot department reservoir. The previous model pumped water straight from the bottle to the hot water department, but this one is different, which is probably why it has a strong chemical smell. The dispenser is made in China, and some fake Chinese manufacturers make an identical copy of it. I suspect that Costco sells these pirate fake water dispensers that were never tested by the US government or the health department. I plan to return it to Costco."
Great video! I watched the 3 minute tutorial but I enjoyed yours. I'm really tripping about this whole cleaning process. I've never cleaned mine and I had it for years. 🤦🏾♀️All this to clean this machine. I just happened to notice today that my water tasted like I was drinking crayons. I knew there was a problem. Lord have mercy on my body. Who knows what I've been ingesting.
You had it in a pretty tight spot there. The instructions tell you you need at least 4 inched all the way around for the cooler to basically ventilate. That might be your problem?
You should really just take the top off, it's 2 screws and it pops off, clean out the internal water tank, no screws just pops off and you have access to the inside, scrub, pop lines off and wash out
The Berkey is nice but keep in mind it's not "magic" it'll need to be cleaned as well - it's a ceramic and charcoal filter system - if there's "garbage" in the tank it'll still be in the tank - just not coming out of your dispenser tap. If you're re-using your plastic bottles you'll want to thoroughly clean/sterilize them - there's tons of videos out there on how to do that - for our hand water dispenser I just use new bottles with purified water as the cleaned bottles will always have just a bit of soap/vinegar/bleach taste to it - which might be my imagination.
You aren’t really doing as they suggested because you aren’t using a jug that the whole stick willl fit in. The 2 or 5 gallon jug , do the parts that go into the next jug will still have the mold or whatever on the top of the stick. So you are creating the same problem. You would need to literally have the whole thing down in the vinegar solution or bleach solution to kill it all. Those couple inches that were sticking out of the vinegar bottle are not going to have been cleaned. Think it through as to why the instructions are as they are from primo. Just a suggestion not to be rude. I just don’t want you to get sick from not thoroughly getting whatever that gunk was inside of your water out. And what are you putting in there that is making the water in the tank moldy are you not using purify new water every time?
What's funny? I just purchased one, the box is still closed. I went to look for a quick how-to. This video I chose, and I am so happy I find this. It gives me time to see if I want to commit to this.
Clean every two weeks? This is going to sound way gross but I've had mine for about 6 years and haven't cleaned it once 😢
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Great vid imop. Watched the company one and i found this. I think yours was much easier for me to gather the stuff i needed to clean mine. You seem very likeable and relatable too. Thanks
Nice Job. Nice Kitty and curious. I use bleach. I thought I smelled mold (the slightest hint) and just did a double flush with bleach. The instructions for this old GE smartwater I have said to use bleach. I am sure that changed due to EPA or people using way too much or being PC, or simply not rinsing enough. I let the bleach solution which I made stronger than usual sit for quite a while. I then flushed everything many times using 12 gallons of tap water. Hopefully this works. I did not see anything like you depicted with that black stringy material. A few black flakes at the bottom of the bucket I drained the reservoir into but otherwise it ran clean. I too waited too long to disinfect.
I always learn from you. Thx.
My daughter gave me her’s but not the instruction manual. The cold water runs clear but the hot has the little black specks. Not many per cup. I’m going to do my best to clean it out. Thanks for showing how it’s done. ❤
Thanks 🙏🤓👍
Thank you this helped me out I just bought a used one and I seen footies comming out when I put the gallon on and I was like fudge I have to clean it out lol idk why I didn't clean it because it looks new.. but yea it's bin sitting awhile they said.
If there's a hot side remember there's a (smaller) tank there too - shouldn't take that much to clean that - it looked though that you got the hot side via the drain plug on the back of the unit. I've had a similar model (same manufacturer) for a couple years now and no issues - though I don't re-use any of my bottles - new bottles with purified water (recycling the used bottles or saving them for watering the plants).
O no 😱
Thank u thank I hope this works for me❤
After you filled it, you should’ve unplugged it from the back wall said “pumping so I could sit for 10 minutes